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    4. Risk Analyst (Market & Liquidity) Wolverhampton 2023
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    Do you have strong excel skills? Do you know your macros from your sumif? Are you looking for an opportunity to provide support to a Market & Liquidity Risk function in an Analyst role? If so, this opportunity could be of interest to you. We are looking for a Risk Analyst to provide support in relation to the management of Liquidity risks, daily reporting and analysis. You will have day to day responsibility for the production and preparation of reports, M.I. and analysis.

    About Us

    OSB Group is a leading specialist mortgage lender, primarily focused on carefully selected segments of the mortgage market. Our specialist lending is supported by our Kent Reliance and Charter Savings Bank retail savings franchises. Diversification of funding is provided by sophisticated securitisation platforms. OSB’s unique cost-efficient operating model is supported by our wholly-owned subsidiary OSBIndia.

    What you will be doing

    In this role, you will have the opportunity to support the ongoing operations of the Market & Liquidity Risk function with respect to risk monitoring, assessment and reporting. The individual will be expected to support established and future initiatives to enhance and upgrade the bank’s policies, systems and controls in accordance with industry good practice and emerging regulatory standards.

    Your responsibilities will include

    • Support production of internal Management Information, Daily, Weekly and monthly reporting.
    • Support continuous improvement of Working Groups and ALCO MI.
    • Ad hoc risk analysis.
    • Support the processes for identifying and evaluating regulatory developments, market trends, and industry practice and be involved in the resulting initiatives.
    • Contribute to continuous development of internal Risk Management processes, including developing reporting, Stress Tests and Planning / Forecasts.
    • Document and maintain internal models, processes, policies and tools as part the risk oversight and analytics function
    • Undertake 2nd line oversight and challenge of applicable regulatory reports
    • Support the Manager in the key regulatory deliverables of a market and liquidity risk nature, e.g ICAAP, ILAAP and associated Pillar 2a analysis.
    • Support Group Head of Liquidity Risk/Group Head of Market Risk with papers for committee/Board etc.

    In return for your commitment

    We offer a base salary dependent on experience of between £32,000 - £42,000 and a competitive benefits package including:

    • Discretionary annual bonus opportunity of up to 15%
    • 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
    • Contributory pension (8% employer 5% employee)
    • Life Assurance (4x salary) plus Group Income Protection
    • Access to Private Medical Insurance and Medical Cash Plan
    • Additional benefits such as Hybrid working, Cycle Purchase scheme, Technology Purchase scheme, Season Ticket Loan, Holiday purchase / sell schemes, Employee Perk Portals, Payroll giving and Save as you Earn scheme

    Could you be the one?

    We are looking for talented individuals who have the experience and knowledge set out below:

    • Experience within the financial services sector is essential
    • Demonstrable experience and ability to manage analytically and data intensive processes is essential
    • Strong knowledge of MS-Excel capabilities (lookup functions, sumif functions, Pivot Tables etc.) is essential
    • Strong knowledge of Excel modelling, VBA or SQL/Data Concepts are desirable, with demonstrable skills interrogating large data sets using candidate created queries or macros
    • Experience of financial risk management (ideally liquidity risk) is desirable
    • General knowledge of current economic trends and the UK financial services industry desirable
    • Ability to understand and approach complex problems in a logical way is essential
    • Ability to manage analytically and data intensive processes is essential
    • High-graded A Level (or equivalent) in other numerate/scientific subjects is essential
    • A good numerate/scientific Bachelor, Masters or post-Graduate degree is desirable

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